A bespoke cycle cycling frame which was produced from a workshop in Burton is heading back to the town as enthusiasts celebrate the unique bike.

TJ Cycles arrived in Burton in 1979 after the rights to the frame were obtained by Trevor Jarvis and he started to produce them from his workshop in Blackpool Street.

The cycling enthusiast was looking for something new when he came across the Baines VS37 frame, which had been designed in 1936 and continued until the company which produced them closed in 1954.

Speaking in February 2001, Mr Jarvis said: "At the time I had a small engineering company which was well established and in one of those moments of lapses I had the idea of building frames, alongside the engineering set up.

Trevor Jarvis with the Flying Gate tandem (Image: TJ Cycles)

"As a design engineer and cyclist, I had no illusions that making frames and getting them established was to be no easy task, as there were many good long established companies building frames. I felt something different was required to get TJ Cycles known, but what? That was the question.

"I had recently renovated a Baines VS37 which was an unusual design of frame and when I rode it I seemed to go as if the wind was behind me, the difference was remarkable.

"So the idea was born to manufacture and bring back the Baines - Whirlwind or VS37, as it was called, in fact it had a few names, one of which was the 'Gate'.

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"The idea born, the next step was to locate Bill Baines to obtain his approval and rights to manufacture his design of frame. This was achieved and I re-registered the design and Flying Gate name."

After advertising to get someone who could build the frame, he set about finding a new unit and marketing the idea. He heard about the UK/Belgian Racing Team being set up and thought this was a good way to get the frames known, which it did, but it did come with financial problems.

Trevor Jarvis, of TJ Cycles, hard at work in the workshop on the Flying Gate frame (Image: TJ Cycles)

He said: "I enjoyed the involvement in the pro-scene, but the cost was very high. The result of which brought myself and the company to its knees, so some restructuring had to be considered. By this time I had learned a few things about the frame building business, and I was taken aback by how some companies build frames.

"It is not for me to say who or how, but for a time I subcontracted my frames to a good professional frame builder who used a good jig, until I learned how to build a frame and make good precision jigs."

The business was eventually moved to his home in Tenbury Wells but each year the Flying Gate Enthusiasts Weekend takes place and this year it is heading to Burton. The headquarters for the event, which will take place from Friday to Sunday, September 1 to 3, will be the Three Queen’s Hotel and the riders will be visiting different areas over the three days.